A/N- This chapter is the dreaded info chapter, I know, I know. Boring, BUT it does all end up with an intresting ending.
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-Britt
Chapter 9- The Antichrist
Elizabeth sat on the old couch in Bobby's living room. She, Sam and Dean had arrived back at his house a couple hours ago. Her mind racked with questions about what she should do, and how she should even begin to explain this to Sam, Dean and Bobby.
Maybe she wouldn't have too, maybe Castiel would do it all for her.
No- she had to explain to them why he was even coming.
What he was going to be talking about.
She still didn't understand why he was willing to disobey heaven and tell her about her family or whatever he was going to tell her.
He seemed so sure of himself, but at the same time his eyes were ripped apart and full of conflicting emotions that she knew probably had to do with this particular situation.
What could be so bad that Angels had to hide things from her?
Her eyes glanced up as Sam, Dean and Bobby came into the living room, each holding a beer and laughing about something. Dean and Sam had talked about Sam using his demon powers on the way home, and it was a situation that was a little easier to swallow than seeing him with Ruby, but it still bothered Elizabeth deep down, but the thing about her family was that, they complained, yelled at each other, dragged each other through Hell, but at the end of the day, they stood together, because that was the Winchester way. Nobody got left behind, no matter how bad the situation was.
"Something on your mind Lizzy?" Dean asked as he sat down next to her.
Elizabeth glanced over at him, his eyebrows were furrowed and his green eyes that were identical to hers shined with genuine concern. He took a drink of his beer and leaned back, waiting for her to answer him.
"Actually guys… There is something we need to talk about." She whispered looking around the room.
Sam had taken a seat at the table in the dining room, but you could still see him from the living room couch, while Bobby was sitting in the recliner, adjacent to the couch. Each of them looked up from what they were doing and stared at her.
"Well? Are you just going to keep us waiting or are you going to speak?" Bobby asked roughly.
Elizabeth chewed on her bottom lip, she knew she had to tell them but she was having trouble forming the words.
"It's about Castiel… No wait Cas right?" Dean asked with a chuckle.
Sam's eyebrows raised and he let out a small scoff noise.
"Seriously Dean?" He asked.
Dean shrugged his shoulders and took another drink of his beer, all the while keeping his eyes on Elizabeth.
"No- well, kind of, I don't know." Elizabeth replied.
"Oh how very detailed. Please don't stop there." Bobby said.
Elizabeth rolled her eyes and stood up off the couch, she let out a sigh as she stared at the picture Bobby had sitting above his fireplace. It captured the moment that Bobby and her had just finished their first hunt together, they were sitting at a diner, smiling. Rufus had taken the picture after a lot of grumbling from Bobby.
"Something is going on with me guys… And it's not some emotional problem that I can sweep under the rug like usual." She said, not taking her eyes off the picture.
"Okay, what's going on?" Sam asked.
Elizabeth took a breath and then let the words flow out of her like a river.
"There has been moments where, I can feel something inside of me, swelling up like its begging to be released. Weeks ago, when the desk that had me pinned against the wall wouldn't budge, I know I moved that with my mind. I felt it. At first I thought it might have been something else, but after Castiel and Uriel, and…. Samhain. I know that there is something about me that I…. I just don't know."
The room was quiet, which prompted Elizabeth to turn around and look at the three men.
Dean had sat his beer down and was now leaning forward with his elbows resting on his knees, his face was unreadable as he stared at her.
Bobby was abnormally quiet and had diverted his eyes away from her and chose to stare at his worn boots.
Sam had moved his chair over in order to be more in the living room, his eyebrows were furrowed and his signature puppy dog look was plastered on his face.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Dean finally said.
"What she means is there is a part of her locked away, one that is extremely dangerous." A familiar husky voice said from beside Elizabeth.
Everyone's eyes diverted to Castiel as he appeared out of thin air next to Elizabeth.
"I didn't pray to you.." Elizabeth whispered as her heart rate began to pick up at the sight of Cas.
Castiel shot her a side glance along with a half smile.
"Thinking about me works too." He whispered back.
Elizabeth's eyes widened for a fraction of a second which was instantly followed by her cheeks turning a fierce red color.
"Oh so this does have to do with him." Dean said in a grumpy tone.
"Dean-" Elizabeth began
"No Elizabeth, what are you trying to say? That you like Sam have some creepy demonic supernatural powers? How?" Dean asked.
"Oh shut it will you boy?" Bobby said to Dean in an angry tone. "She's right." He continued.
This created another pause of silence in the room.
"Excuse me? She's right? What the hell is going on Bobby?" Sam asked.
Elizabeth had the same question, what was everyone hiding from her and why? This game was beginning to become unbearable for Elizabeth.
"What are you" Elizabeth said pointing at Castiel, "And YOU!" She continued pointing at Bobby "Keeping from me?"
Bobby looked up at her, his usual rugged exterior was now soft and vulnerable, something Elizabeth only saw when one of his friends died.
"Will someone start talking please!" Sam asked with an exasperated tone.
A small sigh escaped Castiel's mouth, the words he wanted to say bounced around his head like ping pong balls however he couldn't get his mouth to work. He glanced over at Bobby, he had been under the impression that only John Winchester had known about Elizabeth, but it quickly dawned on him that he probably told Bobby because Bobby had raised Elizabeth, and something like this could not be hidden from a hunter like him.
"23 years ago…" He began, bringing everyone's attention to him.
"A demon, possessed Joshua Winchester… He went undetected for a while, until John Winchester was tipped off about some odd behavior from his brother. It was then that he extracted the demon from Joshua, however in doing so, John killed Josh. About 8 months after that, Amelia Winchester gave birth to a baby girl- Elizabeth Winchester…. She was born with immense demonic powers, due to the fact that her paternal heritage is a demon…" Castiel said.
He glanced around the room, Dean's mouth was shut tight and he had his arms crossed over his chest tight, his eyes were glowering into Cas's, willing him to continue his story. Sam had completely moved his chair into the living room now and he was leaning forward on his knees, hanging onto every word Castiel said. Bobby was looking at Elizabeth, he already knew the story, and Elizabeth, was staring at Castiel, horrified.
She had seen black demon eyes on her father in her dream.
Castiel had lied to her.
"…What does that make me?" Elizabeth asked
Cas took his eyes off Dean and looked back at Elizabeth, her eyes were less harsh but still full of mixed emotions that caused her to have a broken expression.
"In the bible it is referred to as an Antichrist." He said bluntly.
The word Antichrist hung in the air heavily. No one dared take their eyes off of Elizabeth and Castiel.
"So what, she is like the devil's child?" Dean asked, finally breaking the silence.
"No, your Bible gets more wrong than it does right. An antichrist is the spawn of a demon and a human, usually the demon inhabits the father." Castiel said.
Elizabeth was trying to keep up with Castiel as he talked to Dean, but she couldn't get the word Antichrist out of her head, she wasn't fully human, half of her was a demon. Everything made sense now.
Why Uriel had called her an abomination.
Why Alex had said she was sort of a Winchester.
Why the demon at the diner had mentioned something about knowing exactly who she was.
Why Ruby looked at her like she was scared for her life.
Why Samhain wanted to use her as a weapon.
All the puzzle pieces fit together now, and the panic began to sink into Elizabeth's bones.
"So.. What exactly does that mean for Elizabeth?" Sam said with a questioning tone.
"It means that she posses immense and formidable supernatural abilities, far stronger than those of any Demons or Angels." Cas said simply.
He briefly glanced down at Elizabeth, she looked lost in her thoughts, however he could tell that she was absorbing all the information because she kept glancing up at him.
"What kind of supernatural abilities are we talking about here?" Bobby asked.
Elizabeth's ears perked as she heard Bobby's voice.
"Shouldn't you know seeing as you knew about this?" She asked angrily.
Bobby let out a sigh, he had known this accusation was going to come.
"Yes, I knew about this, but it was always supposed to be a secret. John made me keep it a secret. You were supposed to live your life like a normal human being, with nothing interfering in it. I wanted you to live a normal human life!" Bobby responded.
"But it is MY life! MY issue, I had the right to know Bobby!" Elizabeth stressed
"No girl, you didn't…" Bobby responded, looking up at Castiel, as if expecting him to add his input into this argument.
Elizabeth observed this and turned her head to look at Castiel too.
The angel sighed, he was currently breaking all the rules heaven had put in place when Elizabeth was first born.
"When you were first born, Amelia gave you to John to raise because she knew what you were and couldn't bear it… The Angels, understanding that a supernatural creature who could bring destruction to the earth had been born, took vessels and found John… They explained that they had to kill you, but of course, that was not a solution for John and he begged them to do something else. So we locked your powers away.. And they were supposed to stay locked away. Never to be accessed or used. However, a loophole was put into place, the Angels that locked away your powers, could also unlock them… Just by being in close proximity to you….Elizabeth you're powers were to never be disclosed to you, because if they were, the sheer force of heaven would be brought down upon you, such an enemy of heaven cannot exist. If they know that you know, they will kill you without question." Castiel said, finally finishing.
No one said anything, they were all trying to fully absorb the information before they spoke.
"….So the electric feeling I got when you touched me in the motel…. The stirring in me after I first spoke to you… Does that mean-" Elizabeth began, realization washing over her.
"I was one of the Angels who locked away your powers, yes." Castiel responded.
More silence.
"Along with my brother…. Gabriel." Castiel continued after no one spoke.
"The Archangel?" Sam asked
"Yes." Cas replied.
His eyes never left Elizabeth's face, he couldn't figure out how she was feeling due to her stoic exterior but he knew that she had to be experiencing a cluster of different emotions.
"You never answered Bobby's question… What kind of powers does she have?" Dean questioned.
"That I am not certain of, but what I do know is that an Antichrist's powers grow especially strong when Lucifer is walking the Earth. If her powers grow, she can involuntarily alter reality and bring Heaven crashing down with nothing more than a word." Cas continued.
"You mean I could destroy heaven?" Elizabeth asked in a small voice.
Castiel swallowed down the nervous lump that was forming in the back of his throat.
"Only if you command it." Castiel said in a more gentle voice.
Dean's eyebrow arched as he noticed the Angels' tone of voice alter and he shot Sam a look, who returned it with the same look of confusion that Dean had on his face.
"What else can I do Castiel?" Elizabeth asked.
Her fear of herself was beginning to rise, along with feelings of frustration and anger that arose from the fact that John, Bobby and Castiel had kept this from her.
"Your power is strong enough that it cloaks you, therefore you cannot be tracked by Angels or Demons. Also your power is directly correlated with your mood, and if you get angry enough, it could potentially bring unimaginable mass destruction to any surrounding area." Castiel responded.
"So, if Lucifer rises, I'll be so strong that I can destroy not only humanity and Earth, but Heaven too?" She said, her voice rising with each word that she spoke.
"I'm afraid so." Castiel whispered.
This made Elizabeth look up at him, his face held his regular stoic expression, however his eyes swarmed with a mix of emotions. He looked almost pained to have to be telling her this.
"Is there anything on the lore?" Dean asked with a rough voice, attempting to ignore the obvious tension that was going on between Elizabeth and Castiel.
"...Some. Let me grab the book that I found a while ago." Bobby said as he got up from the recliner and walked over to an old, over stuffed bookshelf.
Elizabeth broke eye contact with Castiel in order to look over at Bobby.
His eyes scanned over the spines of the numerous books he had. It took about five minutes to locate the book he had been looking for, and with a sigh he heaved the large material off the third shelf. It was an ancient looking book, the pages had faded from white to a dirty cream color and dust flaked off with every turn of a page.
"So, this is what I got…" Bobby began. He glanced at Elizabeth before continuing.
"An antichrist is seen as an unholy figure. It is regarded as the complete opposite, and enemy of Jesus Christ. The antichrist is usually seen as the leader who will rise to power during the Apocalypse.. And ultimately it will lead the world to damnation…" Bobby said, whispering the last few words.
Elizabeth shifted uncomfortably on the couch as the words Bobby read cut into her like a knife. The phrases unholy and damnation bounced around in her head as if they were a pinball in a machine
She could feel a lump beginning to form in the back of her throat however she refused to cry.
"Keep going." She said to Bobby in a shaky voice.
Bobby let out a sigh and glanced at Dean, who was leaning back on the couch, running his hands through his hair, his face revealed nothing on how he felt internally.
"Look, Lizzy I don't think we need to keep-" Bobby began
"I said KEEP going Bobby. I need to know what I am. What I can DO! How much damage I can cause!" Elizabeth snapped.
Castiel felt his heart constrict as Elizabeth's voice came out scared and pained. He knew that this could not be easy on her, and despite his statue like appearance on the outside, on the inside he was dying inside because he was not able to heal the pain that Elizabeth was currently feeling.
"Alright… Alright. Apparently, it has been said that once the apocalypse comes to pass, the Antichrist will cause corruption, war and sin to rise. Then after whatever the Seven-Year Tribulations is, and the second coming of Jesus Christ occurs, the antichrist will be destroyed and cast into the Lake of Fire to be punished with Lucifer and all other forces of evil, for the rest of eternity." Bobby finished.
He shut the book and looked around the room. It was dead silent and each person had on a different expression.
"The Angels will not allow you to live now that you know the truth." Castiel whispered.
"Cas- man, not the best time." Dean responded in an annoyed tone as he ran his hand through his hair again and looked over at Sam.
"So, what am I supposed to do Castiel? Hell, what are you supposed to do? Aren't you obligated to hand me over to heaven?" Elizabeth asked
Castiel truthfully had not thought about what he would do once Elizabeth found out about her heritage. Without thinking he copied Dean and ran his hand through his hair while bitting down on his bottom lip. He could feel the internal battle raging on inside him. The obedient solider in him battled with the disobedient rebel, one side saying turn her in, while the other side screamed act as if they knew nothing, she was cloaked from the Angels anyway.
Report her, a tiny voice in the back of his mind whispered causing him to clinch his teeth together hard.
"Let's just say if you act as if you know nothing of your heritage, I don't have to report you." He finally managed to say, ignoring the small voice in the back of his head.
Elizabeth's eyes widened for a fraction of a second and then went back to normal. She knew that this was disobedience at its' highest. A solider of heaven, hiding an enemy of heaven. A twinge of guilt began to form in the pit of her stomach as she realized that Castiel could be killed for this.
"No, Cas, no, I can't let you go down for protecting me." She said as she stood up. Castiel let his eyebrow's furrow together as he tilted his head slightly at her.
"It is not up to you Elizabeth." Cas said in a deeper than usual voice.
"Look, Cas we would be thankful if you did this for us, but seriously, we don't want you to be punished by Heaven." Sam said from his seat at the table.
Castiel glanced around the room, vaguely confused as to why everyone seemed to object to his decision.
"I say we do as flyboy says." Bobby said.
"Yeah, me too." Dean replied.
Sam let out a sigh and looked over at Elizabeth.
"Lizzy what do you think?" He asked.
Elizabeth had not taken her eyes off of Castiel since he said he would act as if nothing happened. Slowly, she tore her eyes away from him and looked around the room.
She had no clue what she wanted to do, so much had just been revealed to her and she could barely comprehend any of it. All she knew was that she wanted to stop Lucifer, that was her powers wouldn't grow, that way maybe she could remain like this.
But keeping her powers at bay meant staying away from Castiel… And whoever Gabriel was.
Could she even stay away from Cas? Every time she saw him an invisible string pulled her to him like a yo-yo.
"I say, we stop Lilith from breaking these 66 seals, we stop Lucifer, we cancel the whole show, and after that, if heaven still has a problem with me, well then they can bring it on. I'm not letting a bunch of Angels dictate my life. And you shouldn't either." She said, directing the last part of her answer at Castiel.
Cas ripped his eyes away from Elizabeth and stared at the ground. How could she think that he had any choice in the matter when it came to Angels dictating his life. He was a solider, a defender of heaven.
He scoffed internally at himself as he said this and thought, what kind of defender of heaven would allow such a threat to exist?
"Alright, well… If we are acting like we know nothing, I vote we go grab some food. I'm starving." Dean said, instantly lightening the mood and diverting Castiel's thoughts away from his ever struggling obedience battle.
"A burger sounds delicious." Elizabeth replied with a small smile.
The last thing she wanted to think about was everything that Castiel had just said. So Dean suggesting they go out to eat was a perfect way for her to not think about everything. She knew that Dean was acting like this didn't bother him, but she could tell it was. Now not only did he have to worry about Sam and his demonic powers, but he had to worry about her, and her demonic powers.
"Burgers it is! Let's go, Cas you coming?" Dean asked as everyone turned to leave
"No, I have some orders to attend to…" Castiel replied as he gave the group a small half smile.
"Alright man, let us know if you need anything." Sam replied.
Cas nodded and glanced over to Elizabeth, she was avoiding making eye contact with him, honestly he wanted to talk to her, he felt that there was much left unsaid between the two of them and for some reason it bothered him.
"I'll be in touch." He said briefly before he whisked off to find his superiors and act like nothing had changed with his charges.
Elizabeth sat outside on one of Bobby's old junk cars. She desperately wished that everything she learned about herself had been a bad dream, but she was quickly reminded that it wasn't as soon as they had arrived back at Bobby's. Dean ignored her like she was the plague and Sam kept staring at her as if she was going to break into a million pieces.
She was angry.
Angry at John, and at Bobby. She went her whole life and not one of them mentioned anything to her. To them, she was just the youngest Winchester, the one that they always had to keep an eye on. She was never an Antichrist, she was never half demon, she was just a girl, who hunted things that went bump in the night.
Yesterday she was just a normal hunter, trying her best to stop a demon from rising.
Now today she was the only Antichrist on the planet and had the capability to destroy everything.
She didn't want to destroy everything, she just wanted to go back to being Elizabeth Winchester, John Winchesters' girl with the rebellious spirit.
The only way that she would be able to stay like this, powerless, is if she stayed away from Castiel.
Ugh, Castiel. The mere thought of his name sent shivers down her spine, while igniting a rage deep in her stomach.
This wouldn't be happening if he had just stayed away from her and did his job.
But did she really want him to stay away from her?
No- she wanted to be near him at all hours of the day, she wanted to learn everything there was to learn about him. She wanted to go back in time and kiss him before Dean had the chance to interrupt them. Despite all the consequences that he would bring- she wanted him in her life, and nothing could make that thought get out of her head.
"Lizzy…." The familiar voice of Sam said, causing her to be ripped away from her thoughts.
"Hey Sammy…" She mumbled as she folded her knees into her chest and looked up at Sam.
"Are you okay?" He asked.
It was a simple question, but those three words- are you okay… They struck at something deep within Elizabeth. They hardly asked that question around here because the answer was usually I'm fine, even though they never were. She had half a mind to tell him that, to lie, but this was Sam.
Sam who she had been so angry with for using his demonic powers that she ignored him for days.
She felt like a hypocrite for being upset with Sam when she herself had used her demon powers, unknowingly, but still she used them.
"No Sam, I'm not okay…I just found out that I'm some unholy..demonic monster who is supposed to destroy earth and heaven." She whispered.
Sam let out a sigh and sat down on the hood next to her.
"Bobby and Dean wouldn't even look at me.." She continued, feeling the lump in the back of her throat begin to form.
"You're not a monster Elizabeth, and you're not unholy, I've seen you pray to God numerous times. I've seen you go into a church and ask for forgiveness. You are a good person Lizzy, and as far as Bobby and Dean, well you know Bobby feels guilty for not telling you about this sooner and Dean is just coping in the way he knows how. You know that is how he treated me when he first found out about my demon blood." Sam said
"How we treated you… I'm so sorry Sam." Elizabeth replied, looking up into his hazel green eyes.
"There is no need to apologize, you were both right, running around with Ruby, using powers that weren't meant for good things, it was dumb… But Elizabeth, you are a Winchester… And that means we won't let you destroy the earth, or heaven." Sam responded.
Elizabeth sighed and felt the stinging feeling of tears at the corner of her eyes. She hadn't cried in so long, not since John died, and it felt foreign to her as the wet tears began streaming down her face.
"Sam… What happens when my powers become fully unlocked? What am I going to become? What if I can't control myself… There are so many what if's…" She cried out.
Sam quickly put an arm around her shoulder and pulled her into his chest and she cried harder.
"Lizzy, me, Dean and Bobby won't let you go over the edge, just like you told me… You may feel yourself trying to jump off the cliff that is in front of you, but you will never be able to because you have family who cares about you. We are going to stop Lucifer, and Lilith… You'll never be at full power because he is never going to rise. Lizzy, what you are, doesn't make you who you are. We can change." Sam said.
"I'm so angry, at John, at Bobby at Castiel… At everything. But I'm also so scared Sam…" Elizabeth whispered as she pulled away from his chest, her tears now stopping and drying on her cheeks.
"You have the right to be angry, but they were just trying to protect you, you heard Cas… He said that if heaven knew you knew about any of this, they would have killed you. You're alive today because of Bobby, and my father…" Sam replied.
"I know… I know…" She responded.
And she did know, she knew that they had their reasons, but that still didn't make it feel any better. Her whole life had been one big giant lie.
The lie that her father had been killed in a hunt.
The lie that her mother died giving birth.
The lie that she was a normal human girl who just enjoyed hunting monsters.
Everything was a lie, and that stung more than anything she had ever experienced.
Sam sat with her for about thirty minutes, they didn't talk much, but she enjoyed his company. They had something else in common now, and it felt good to know that at least one of the boys understood how she felt.
Now she was sitting alone in silence again, Sam had went back inside about ten minutes ago, and she could feel herself beginning to grow tired.
Her eyes were heavy, and her mind was full of information that poked and prodded at her, begging to be thought of.
The sound of fluttering wings roused Elizabeth out of her half conscious thoughts, she knew exactly what that noise meant.
Her eyes flicked upwards to look at Castiel.
"What do you want Cas?" She asked
Her tone had thrown him off balance for a second. It was hard, and angry, and briefly reminded him of the tone Dean had on earlier.
"I thought we needed to talk, privately." He responded, taking a few steps forward so that he was within a foot of Elizabeth.
"There is nothing to talk about, you explained everything quite perfectly earlier. You're an angel of the lord who is protecting an Antichrist, also known as the enemy of heaven. You're enemy." She responded.
"Yes, I am, and with out so much as a thank you, might I add." Castiel responded in an equally as hard tone.
"Thank you." Elizabeth replied flatly.
Cas let out a breath and shoved his hands into his trenchcoat pockets. He tilted his head slightly and narrowed his eyes at the youngest Winchester sitting in front of him, he desperately wanted to know her thoughts and feelings.
"You know I can't be around you Castiel… So why don't you leave." Elizabeth said as she began to grow uncomfortable under his intense gaze.
"That may be, but I was never allowed to be around you either, and as we both know, I seem to have failed at that." He responded without a beat.
Elizabeth scoffed and drug herself off the hood of the old car, standing and folding her arms over her chest.
"My presence around you doesn't unlock any immense powers. So I don't think I'm as much as a threat to you as you are to me." She said coolly.
This made Castiel smirk, if only she knew how dangerous she was to him.
"You are a threat to me Elizabeth… You think that me hiding the fact that you have uncovered your powers will go unnoticed by heaven? It won't. I'll be killed for my sins against heaven, for my disobedience." He replied roughly.
"I never asked you for your protection." Elizabeth spat back quickly.
Castiel clinched his lower jaw and then quickly closed the gap between him and Elizabeth with two short strides. He now had her pinned between him and the lower half of the broken down and rusty car.
"You didn't have to ask. I'm willingly giving it to you." He breathed out.
Once again, despite everything they knew, Castiel and Elizabeth found themselves wanting more from each other as they stood centimeters apart.
"Why?" Elizabeth asked quietly.
"I don't know." Castiel answered honestly.
"Cas… I can't…we can't. I can't have you rebelling against heaven for me, and I can't unlock anymore of these powers. They are dangerous, and I don't know what will happen when they come bubbling to the surface… We can't…. We can't be around each other like this.." Elizabeth pushed out.
"I'm aware of that." Castiel replied simply.
He was giving her every chance to move, but Elizabeth couldn't. She knew that being around him would result in her powers being unleashed, but she couldn't bring herself to leave him. She could only bring herself to look up into his crystal clear blue eyes, and as she did so, all her fears melted away. She was no longer anxious or afraid of herself, but more confident and sure that no matter what happened, Castiel would be there for her.
She could see it in his face and sense it radiating off him- the amount of power he held inside his vessel. It was practically bursting out from the seams.
She shouldn't be doing this.
She should be running. Very far away from Castiel.
Extremely far.
So far that he couldn't find her.
But she couldn't move her legs, because she didn't want to move her legs.
She knew that.
He knew that.
She was exposed
Vulnerable.
But extremely powerful at the same time.
The way Elizabeth saw it was that in this moment, she stood at a crossroads with one sign pointing towards a safe route that included sticking by Sam, Dean and Bobby and steering clear of any supernatural powers that she may possess. The other route screamed danger, and included sticking around Sam, Dean, Bobby and Castiel. It included growing closer to the Angel, liking the Angel, using her supernatural powers that heaven so desperately wanted to keep locked away.
One road was much safer than the other.
One road led her to Castiel, while one road kept her away from what she knew she wanted.
What she knew she needed.
Her breath hitched as her mind made up its decision.
Before she could stop herself, her body reacted in a rush and she found herself raising her arms up and intertwining her hands into Cas's hair, which caused his head to be pulled down with such a force that it brought his lips crushing down onto hers.
At first, Castiel didn't know what to do, his lips stayed stationary and motionless on Elizabeth's, however, it only took him a fraction of a second to wrap his well muscled arms around her waist and pull her in closer, all the while moving his lips in perfect sync with Elizabeth.
She was so warm and smelled like apple and cinnamon, which drove Castiel crazy. He could feel her everywhere as if she had hot wired his nervous system and taken control of it.
He had no clue as to what he was doing because he never felt this way about anyone before, nor had he even kissed anyone.
He was literally the poster boy for inexperience.
However, that didn't stop him from pushing into Elizabeth harder, making her knees buckle, causing her to fall backwards on the hood of the car. Without thinking, Castiel followed her, never allowing his lips to leave hers as they moved together.
Elizabeth wrapped her arms around his waist, under his trenchcoat.
Around them, the wind began to pick up and loose metal began scrapping together, sending harsh noises throughout the junkyard.
Both Elizabeth and Castiel could feel the energy growing between them. For Elizabeth, it was a slow build, staring in her toes and working its way up her body. Her whole body felt jittery, electrified, and more importantly powerful.
As Castiel pinned her down on the hood, the electrifying feeling began to feel more like a burning sensation, but it was overshadowed by how blissful the kiss she was participating in felt.
He was sweet, yet firm.
Innocent, yet dangerous.
Quiet, but oh so dominating.
She wanted to push him backwards and gain the control back because she was used to being in control, but Castiel wouldn't allow her too. Her had an almost painful grip on her wrists and even if she wanted to move, she couldn't.
He had her and she was completely okay with that.
Quickly, Elizabeth deepened the kiss and found Castiel's tongue waiting for her as she pushed hers through his soft lips. They intertwined together, and moved in perfect sync. Castiel's free hand moved slowly up Elizabeth's body, leaving her flesh feeling as if it had been burned with each touch.
An uncomfortably tight feeling began to grow in Castiel's pants as Elizabeth grinded against him.
Everything felt foreign to him, yet he moved as if he was an expert, only fumbling slightly as he hands continued to graze over Elizabeth's body.
He felt as if everything in the world was okay again. That there was no looming Apocalypse, that Lucifer wasn't attempting to get out of Hell, that Heaven wasn't hypocritical… That Elizabeth wasn't the worlds only Antichrist.
In this moment, everything was perfect.
And then- like all good moments, this one came to a screeching halt.
The wind around them had picked up even more, and Castiel was aware of the thunderstorm looming overhead. He could feel it's energy and he knew that it was no normal thunderstorm, they had caused it.
Quickly he broke free of Elizabeth and staggered backwards, practically tripping over his on feet as he did so.
Elizabeth sat up breathing heavily as she stared at Castiel. Her hands shook slightly as she tried to steady her breathing.
"Cas- what did we just do?" She asked in a panicked voice.
She didn't even need him to answer her to know exactly what they had just done. She could feel it, the wall that held her powers back now had a gaping hole in it.
Castiel hardly heard her, as he was still coming down from the extreme high he had just experienced.
His eyes glanced up at her, he could feel the power radiating off of her, and internally swore to himself in Enchonian.
He had one job- and he had just immensely failed at it.
Not only did he knowingly disobey his orders and tell the Winchesters about Elizabeth's powers, but he had just contributed to unlocking a vast majority of them.
"Elizabeth, I must go, but.. Please remember what we spoke about earlier, act as if you know nothing." Castiel said.
Elizabeth furrowed her eyebrows, slightly taken aback at how quickly he reverted to his stoic angelic self.
"I know Cas." She replied.
Before he disappeared, their eyes locked onto each other's, a deep passion was rooted in both of their eyes, along with an understanding that they had just done something very bad that came with severe consequences.
Little did they know however, that those consequences would appear much quicker than they thought they would.